PROTOCOLS IN NEONATOLOGY

PROTOCOLS IN NEONATOLOGY

PROTOCOLS IN NEONATOLOGY: This book caters to all healthcare professionals engaged in newborn care across public and private sectors. It follows a distinctive pattern of providing practical information. It consists of three sections: departmental organization and routines from admission to discharge, problem-based protocols developed after extensive literature review, and crucial neonatal procedures. It does not aim to provide guidelines for treating a specific diagnosis or impart knowledge about it, but instead presents a stepwise approach to managing problems associated with it. Algorithms have been provided to make the stepwise approach easier to follow. As an example, the book will not guide how to treat ‘pneumonia’ but would focus on the treatment of clinical problems associated with pneumonia, such as respiratory failure, hyperthermia, hypoglycemia, infection, etc.